Appendix D - ASSIGNMENT-SPECIFIC COURSES

This course is assignment-specific for only contracting personnel. This course is REQUIRED at Level III for all contracting personnel assigned to a major program, or who devote at least 50% of their time to a major acquisition program. It should be taken at Level II, within one year of assignment to a major defense acquisition program.

This course should be taken by workforce analysts responsible for analyzing Earned Value Management (EVM) data, or those individuals who need a basic understanding of EVM concepts to perform some aspects of their duties. Attendees most likely will come from Program/Project Management Offices, Defense Contract Management Commands, dedicated support matrix organizations, and Service Headquarters support matrix organizations.

This course should be taken by acquisition workforce personnel whose duties include 1) developing and/or evaluating cost estimates for such areas as procurement, software, research & development, weapon systems, etc.; 2) planning and management of DoD system acquisitions; 3) evaluation and negotiation of contract proposals; and 4) cost and performance tradeoff analysis. Participants typically include members from the BCEFM community. This course would also be appropriate for program/project managers and personnel in contracting; systems planning, research, development, and engineering; and communications-computer systems.

This course should be taken by acquisition workforce personnel whose duties include 1) developing and/or evaluating costs and benefits of alternative courses of action involved in decisions, such as lease vs. buy, in-house vs. contractor, privatization or outsourcing, or repair or replace; 2) preparation of funding proposals for such programs as Operations and Support Cost Reduction (OSCR) or Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF) (DBOF). Participants will typically include members from the BCEFM community. This course would also be appropriate for program/project managers and personnel in contracting; systems planning, research, development, and engineering; communication-computer systems; and non-DoD personnel

Prerequisite: ACQ 201 This course should be taken by acquisition workforce personnel whose duties include 1) developing and/or evaluating cost estimates for life cycle management (i.e., research, development, procurement, deployment, operating and support, and disposal) whether for embedded or standalone systems; 2) planning and management of DoD system acquisitions; 3) evaluation and negotiation of contract proposals; and 4) cost and performance tradeoff analysis. Participants will typically include members from the BCEFM community. This course would also be appropriate for program/project managers and personnel in contracting; systems planning, research, development, and engineering; and information technology, as well as non-DoD personnel involved in developing, testing, or costing software..

This course should be taken by all contracting officers, buyers, price analysts, auditors, and contract administration personnel who are assigned to program projects in which contractor overhead situations are present and are important elements of cost. Participants will typically include members involved with major systems acquisition or assigned to the Defense Contract Management Command.

This course should be taken by contracting personnel, auditors, and attorneys involved in issues relating to Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). Procurement contracting officers as well as administrative contracting officers (cognizant Federal agency officials (CFAOs)) benefit from instruction on applicability of CAS to contracts and on administrative issues.

CON 234 is intended for military personnel in the contracting and purchasing career field, and emergency essential civilians of all Services who are in deployable positions. Whenever practical, students should attend CON 234 prior to assuming duties as a deployable contracting officer or purchasing agent.

· CON 235 Advanced Contract Pricing [PAQ]Prerequisite: CON 204

This course should be taken by Level II and III personnel involved in major systems acquisition, or in a commercial environment where knowledge of cost risk analysis, cost estimating relationships/parametric estimating, overhead estimating, and decision/risk analysis tools are required.

This course should be taken by contracting, program management and functional personnel who may be involved in value engineering (VE) applications or who support major weapon systems and can be expected to encounter specific VE activity. Note: individuals not assigned to contracting are encouraged to attend. While the primary focus of the course is on contractual aspects of VE, the IPT/IPPD approach is emphasized regarding the utility of value methodology and resulting value engineering change proposals.

· CON 237 Simplified Acquisition Procedures [PAS]

This self-paced, Web-based course is designed as a continuing education tool for all personnel requiring knowledge of simplified acquisition procedures.

This course is intended for military and civilian acquisition workforce members in the contracting career field who are assigned contracting responsibilities for A-E contracts. Whenever practical, students should attend prior to assuming duties in A-E contracting.

· CON 244 Construction Contracting [PGG] Prerequisite: CON 104

This course is intended for military and civilian acquisition workforce personnel in the contracting career field and others (e.g., professional engineers) who are assigned specific contract administration duties for construction contracts. Whenever practical, students should attend prior to assuming duties in construction contracting.

· GRT 201 Grants Management [BU4]

This course should be taken by all contracting personnel with grants management responsibility and by all acquisition personnel who have been assigned responsibility as a contracting officer's representative or a contracting officer's technical representative for a DoD grant.

· PMT 202 Multinational Program Management [PAJ]

This course should be taken by all personnel who participate in an international defense acquisition program in other than a managerial capacity. Participants will typically include members of the program management; contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; test and evaluation; and business, cost estimating and financial management career fields.

This course should be taken by all personnel who participate in an international defense acquisition program in other than a managerial capacity. Participants will typically include members of the program management; contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; test and evaluation; and business, cost estimating and financial management career fields.

· PMT 304 Advanced International Management Workshop [PAL]

This course should be taken by all managerial personnel who participate in an international defense acquisition program. Participants will typically include members of the program management; contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; test and evaluation; and business, cost estimating and financial management career fields.